Chapter 2283: Nine Phoenixes Ascending to the Heavens

In a messy burial mound, somewhere.

The corpse-ghost brothers, who had just slaughtered a merchant team from the Jing country, were now resting a little.

The two brothers cooperated tacitly and divided the spoils reasonably. One took the corpses, and the other took the souls, completely without interfering with each other, and both were happy.

Of course, according to Lin Zhengren's character, he was absolutely unwilling to provoke people from the Jing country. But his Corpse Brother was truly fierce, so he had to accept the joining certificate.

Wild grass tangled, broken stones jutted out, the environment was very familiar.

At this moment, the two brothers sat on a grave head each, spitting and absorbing—of course, no one dared to cultivate wholeheartedly in front of their good brother, but their eyes were closed, and all their attention was on the other person.

See, Lin Zhengren just frowned slightly on his side, and his big brother on the other side immediately showed concern: "Worthy Younger Brother, what's wrong? Not feeling well?"

Lin Zhengren just suddenly had a vague feeling, as if his destiny was being seized, and the road ahead suddenly dimmed.

This feeling was not the first time it had occurred.

Initially, when he saw Zhu Weiwo at the National Road Institute, it was like this. It wasn't until he took the opportunity to drive away Zhu Weiwo that the haze in his heart dispersed, and he won the sky in the small Zhuang country.

Later, when he saw Jiang Wang at Guan He Platform, that feeling of dark clouds pressing down was even more intense. It wasn't until he "died" in front of the life-spirit monument in the Fenglin city domain and reappeared in the Jianghu with the body of "Lin Guangming" that he saw the vast heaven and earth.

Today, for some unknown reason, he was sitting here perfectly fine, and hadn't encountered anyone, when suddenly thick clouds covered the world. Clearly, the previous moment he still inexplicably felt the Ghost Path was bright and the road ahead was open, just about to find a good place to properly advance his cultivation and benefit!

"Big Brother, I'm fine." Lin Zhengren adjusted his state of mind: "I just suddenly thought, this merchant team might not be that simple, and we left too many clues just now—this place is not suitable to stay for long, we should move as early as possible."

Wu Guanwang looked at his little brother with a mixture of belief and doubt. He was sure that they hadn't left any clues just now, and he had arranged a full seven kinds of traps and six directional false trails, making it impossible to be tracked here.

But based on the principle of safety first and caution, he still nodded: "Then follow Worthy Younger Brother's lead."

In the Li country, Yi Ning city.

As the Ghost Phoenix Lian Hong emerged, virtue light shone universally, and the ghosts in the world cried out.

This cry was not of sorrow, but of joy!

Because the real birth of the Ghost Phoenix in this world greatly benefited the Ghost Path.

Therefore, as a ghost cultivator, Lin Zhengren would feel the road ahead was vast. Therefore, the ghost cave of the Fallen Immortal Forest Aranyaka would be restless.

Huang Weizhen changed the Five Phoenixes to the Nine Phoenixes. Creating the Heaven Phoenix Kong Yuanyang, the Corpse Phoenix Jia Xuan, the God Phoenix Fei Que, and the Ghost Phoenix Lian Hong was to prosper the Heaven Path, the Corpse Path, the God Path, and the Ghost Path, greatly benefiting the Human Race!

And these were just the virtuous acts casually performed by the Phoenixes when they cried out in the world.

Just like the Li country today, bathed in the Phoenix virtue light, its national fortune prospered countless times. And this was only the prologue to this grand play, an insignificant embellishment.

Huang Weizhen's path to transcendence was not achieved through merit.

At this time, the Li country was being watched by the entire world.

Fan Wushu stood on the street with accumulated water, raised his neck to look up at the sky, and as he looked, both his eyes became blurred.

This was the Li country!

The annihilated and revived Li country.

The Li country that rose and fell not by its own will.

Whether it was Hell No Door or Equality Country, or today's Revolutionary Flyers, they could kill people without any scruples here.

Yet, such a country, one of the weakest several countries under heaven, received such great fortune.

Those who intended to plant flowers saw mountains and rivers fall apart.

Those who unintentionally planted willows saw green trees provide shade!

Fan Wushu looked and looked, then suddenly turned around, no longer caring about the "Revolutionary Brothers" he had just become familiar with, and directly flew towards the imperial palace.

Very early before, someone had asked him a question—was the "Li" of the Li country reason or ideal?

He had read many books and traveled a long road, but had no answer.

Now he did.

Why the hell was he still asking for an answer now?

Of course, it was an ideal!

What ideal?

Of course, it was Huang Weizhen's ideal!

What was Huang Weizhen's ideal?

It didn't matter if he didn't know now. He could go ask, he could go learn, he could go research. In any case, this "Li" of the Li country was this "Li" of Huang Weizhen's ideal!

Under the great trend today, change or die, change and be smooth, Your Majesty the Emperor! It is time for reform!

Heaven Phoenix, Corpse Phoenix, God Phoenix, Ghost Phoenix, together they flew in the air, their fortune light dyed the heaven and earth, and their splendid colors covered the mountains and rivers.

The Li country had never had such a beautiful moment, even the air was exceptionally fragrant.

Just as Fan Wushu turned around and flew quickly—

Rumble rumble!

As if muffled thunder rolled over from the high sky.

The ten thousand li clear sky seemed to have been ground over by something, and wailed as if it could not bear the burden.

This was the sound of a colossal object advancing—

That was not even a real body, it was a projection from an extremely distant place, a virtual shadow that spanned space, gaining eternal proof in the present world.

What kind of majestic outline did it possess, as if a strange and great mountain range crowned the earth.

Its projection was too heavy, making the line of sight that looked at it feel as if it had obviously collapsed in one section and was difficult to lift.

Time, space, Yuan Force, Five Elements...everything had a fixed trajectory.

Visible and invisible lines, all were tamed by it, joining its order.

This was a steel male city, a mechanical fortress, the peak of human history since creation, carved by ghost axes, built by heavenly work, the world's most powerful man-made city.

In the depths of time and space, countless gears turned madly, then intertwined and converged into a mechanical flood sound. This sound said—

"The Mo Family Giant City protects the path for Huang Weizhen!"

As is well known, Huang Weizhen had only one daughter in the world, whose name was Huang Jinmo, who titled herself "Sin Monarch" and established the Not Redeemed City at the junction of the Zhuang, Yong, and Luo countries.

The Not Redeemed City was just destroyed by the hand of the Mo Family's Tian Gong Zhenren.

Huang Jinmo was also captured by Tian Gong Zhenren and is currently still within the giant city.

The Mo Family claimed that everything that happened in the Not Redeemed City was a misunderstanding instigated by the already deceased Heavenly Son of Zhuang country, Zhuang Gaoxian—they were just verifying the truth about the death of the true tradition of the Mo Gate and then found the Not Redeemed City according to clues. From beginning to end, they were polite to Huang Jinmo, and also built a palace for Huang Jinmo, and in the previous period restarted the Thousand Mechanism Meeting for the world to witness.

Clear-eyed people all knew that things were not that simple, because Huang Jinmo drew a prison on the ground, never leaving the giant city from beginning to end, and also didn't speak, obviously her heart knot was not open.

The Mo Family's attitude towards Huang Weizhen was also one scene that many people greatly anticipated in this "self-fantasy return" grand drama.

Now it seemed clear.

But not that clear.

Moreover, regardless of whether the past between the Mo Family and Huang Jinmo was a misunderstanding, the contradiction did exist before, and it still exists.

Is there room for a turnaround in this contradiction? Can protecting the path solve it?

Today, the Mo Family is protecting the path for Huang Weizhen, even not hesitating to dispatch the giant city. How much sincerity is there?

The Mo Family projects such terrifying power here; virtual and real are just between thoughts. With the military force of the giant city, it is enough to clean the entire Li country a thousand plus ten thousand times in one breath.

Is this coming true to protect the path?

Or is it nominally protecting the path, but actually blocking the path?

Before things truly evolve to that step, no one can determine.

Ka ka ka, ka ka ka…

The sound of turning gears, as if reconstructing the rules of this heaven and earth, becoming the eternal background sound of this world, as natural as the sound of wind and rain. It was like a cultivator standing in an ancient star dome holy building, narrating the path moment by moment—the mechanical world only represents the future.

But even such a great sound, at this stage, was just an interlude.

In the next instant, it returned to silence.

Not only the operating sound of the giant city, not only the turning of the mechanisms, at this moment, within the entire range of the Li country, all sounds were suppressed.

As if the common people submitted to their monarch!

People had an inexplicable wait, as if life was only for this moment, within the order they were born with, involuntarily offering loyalty.

Even if it was a puppet, a mechanical creation, it must receive orders and know orders, waiting in silence.

In this silent solemnity of heaven and earth, there was then a supreme noble, supreme high voice, leisurely coming, sounding in people's hearts—

"The Great Chu is a country, embracing the world, not lightly moving—today Xiong Ji protects the path for Huang Weizhen!"

Unexpectedly, it was the Heavenly Son of the Great Chu!

The relationship between Huang Weizhen and the Chu country was complex, and the entanglement was quite deep.

People had more or less thought about whether the Chu country would send people to protect the path for Huang Weizhen on the day he returned. If they decided to protect the path, which or which few state dukes would be sent.

But the personal appearance of the Great Chu Heavenly Son still exceeded everyone's imagination!

In the field, whether it was Master Zhao Wuchan of Mount Sumeru, or the Mo Family Giant City, or those powerful beings who were either openly or secretly reflecting shadows here, all were silent!

The small Li country, even more from top to bottom, was silent as a cicada in winter, even the country's monarch left his position for distant worship, not daring to be disrespectful.

Xiong Ji is the Heavenly Son of the Great Chu, and also the nominal common master of the South Domain.

At least during his hundred years in position, he possessed the biggest voice in the South Domain. His will would certainly be implemented in the South Domain.

First, ten thousand people prostrated, then the Heavenly Son ascended the stairs.

People could see—

Above that endless high sky, there was a person standing with his hands behind his back.

This monarch wore casual clothes, with a jade hairpin in his head, his face was like being in a sea of light, unable to be seen clearly. But anyone could feel his power, his two feet standing in the center of the universe, his pair of hands holding the sun and moon.

Unexpectedly, it was the true body that descended.

The Heavenly Son left the country!

Looking around the present world, counting the years, the last time an overlord country's Heavenly Son's Dharma image moved was still at the Thirty-Nine One Nine Yellow River Meeting.

The last time an overlord country's Heavenly Son's true body left the country, according to historical records, perhaps still traced back to the time when the Qi country's Heavenly Son personally conquered—that was a king who personally created hegemony.

Today, the Chu Heavenly Son personally came for Huang Weizhen, it cannot be said that the sincerity was insufficient, it cannot be said that it was not magnificent.

Especially since he unexpectedly appeared to protect the path for Huang Weizhen not with the identity of the Chu monarch, but using his own personal name. That is to say, the national power of the Great Chu Empire would not participate in this great play of Huang Weizhen's return.

The meaning within this is again very thought-provoking.

But no matter how you say it, since the Chu Heavenly Son appeared here, since he, with his golden mouth and jade words, wants to personally protect the path for Huang Weizhen, the matter of Huang Weizhen's return is almost unimpeded.

Unless now the people of the Jing country stand up and say they want to report the enmity of a certain South Heaven Master You Yuheng being beaten to death on Kunwu Mountain initially.

Unless Ji Fengzhou's imperial carriage heads south!

The border of the Li country, for a time, only had Phoenix Hui.

Whether open or hidden thoughts were all silent.

The newly born Empty Mandarin Duck, Jia Xuan, Fei Que, and Lian Hong, were also virtually suspended in the air, no longer flying and dancing—even if they didn't know who Xiong Ji was, they could completely feel that immeasurable terror.

The wind and clouds stirred the Li country, but after the true body of the Chu Heavenly Son appeared, it suddenly became a pool of still water, without the slightest ripple.

But what kind of undercurrent was hidden at the bottom of the water, no one could fully know.

Could the Great Chu Heavenly Son...truly suppress everything?

Especially a Heavenly Son who came only to represent himself, appearing with his personal name.

Leaving aside the national power of the Great Chu, setting aside the mountains and rivers of the overlord country, although Xiong Ji is still one of the strongest several Yan Dao True Monarchs under heaven, he is not yet to the extent of holding the great power of transcendence!

In this fixed state of still water and no waves, change was still happening.

The Li country was speechless, the mountains and rivers were silent, and each person held their own thoughts in silence.

But there are still non-humans in the world.

There are existences that do not belong to this world, there are existences that were just born in this world, and there are existences that are not submissive, not bound.

Outside the starry sky and the great sea, there is a king's command, even the world's firmest shackles cannot constrain inner freedom!

People involuntarily saw, there were five groups of brilliant light balls, which appeared in the air at some unknown time. They were divided into red, crimson, green, purple, and white, like five different colored suns.

Their birth had no process, as if they had always been suspended there, and were only just captured by people's line of sight.

And then in the next moment, the sound of phoenix cries rose, very clear.

Like feathers breaking out of their shells, ten thousand things were reborn. These five groups of light balls appeared almost at the same time, greatly illuminating this world, and shining on the human world—

From these five groups of light balls, flew out the Red Phoenix, Peng Bird, Green Luan, Yuan Bird, and Hong Goose, five kinds of phoenixes!

They either flew high, or bowed low, or spread their wings… they were extremely beautiful in the world, every feather interpreting color, every clear cry washing the dust from one's heart. Their tail feathers lightly moved, and virtue light sprinkled like rain.

The still Empty Mandarin Duck, Jia Xuan, etc., also "came to life" for a while, joining the picture scroll of phoenixes in flight.

At this moment, in the entire present world, no matter the eastern Qi country, the northern Mu country, or the central Jing country, or the northwest Li country, in all countries and all regions, all birds—

Whether it was the delicate golden sparrow raised in a cage, or the fierce bird hunting in the army, all cried out together towards the direction of the Li country, showing reverence.

This is the so-called "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix"!

From "Phoenix virtue five" to "Phoenix nine kinds, virtue not violate", how could it not only benefit the Heaven Path, Corpse Path, God Path, and Ghost Path, but also open up new heavens for the feather kinds.

From today onwards, how many strange beasts of the feather kind can further grow, how many birds will be born then see the extraordinary.

The phoenix is the chief of ten thousand birds, and has the virtue of benefiting the world.

At this moment, not only the strong ones under heaven watched the Li country, wherever there were flying birds, people all knew that the phoenix had emerged in the world.

"Auspicious sign, auspicious sign!" An old man opened his hands wide, tears of joy streaming down: "Great luck under heaven!"

Nine phoenixes cried out together, and danced in the sky!

See the thousand auspicious colors, flaunting in the high sky. Heavenly flowers fell in disorder, fluttering like rain.

Fortune fell like flowers, falling into the homes of ten thousand common people.

The virtue light shone, how could it only be in the Li country?

That bitter scholar suddenly opened his aperture, that poor Daoist suddenly saw a new heaven.

The South Domain was all light, and the whole world rejoiced together.

Everyone was watching, and also anticipating.

But while the nine phoenixes circled and flew, they suddenly turned together, side by side heading southwest. Except for the nine splendid tail rainbows drawn across the sky, except for one road scattering virtue rain, nothing else remained.

"What's wrong? Where is Huang Weizhen?"

Someone asked thus.

Master Zhao Wuchan put his palms together, silent, the copper bell at his waist lightly shook, without a sound.

"Isn't this obvious?" The Great Chu Emperor Xiong Ji lightly laughed, rose and left: "He has already returned!"

All sides were silent.

The virtual shadow of the Mo Family Giant City also shook once, then disappeared.

How many strong ones came to this Li country today. Each person's heart was different, their purpose different. No one could fully measure.

But whether it was blocking the path or protecting the path.

Huang Weizhen returned before everyone waited!

This world already recognized that Huang Weizhen would return from fantasy, and his return then became a fact.

Since it is a fact, blocking the path is no longer necessary, and protecting the path is also late!

Originally, there was no need to exhaustively carve.

"The article was originally formed by heaven, a wonderful hand occasionally gets it."